Transactions of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts, Volumen4Neill & Company, 1856 Vol. 1- includes the proceedings of the society. |
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... carried out ; but for limited distances , such as could be easily had at many of our harbour mouths , or at beacons near the shore , I am inclined to think that apparent lights capable of indicating the position of the seaward pier ...
... carried out ; but for limited distances , such as could be easily had at many of our harbour mouths , or at beacons near the shore , I am inclined to think that apparent lights capable of indicating the position of the seaward pier ...
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... carried out from the shore , -they did much good ; but at Glasgow and at Dumbarton the dike was laid too close on the channel . Cairns were erected to shew the position of these dikes when the tide was up , and beacon perches have been ...
... carried out from the shore , -they did much good ; but at Glasgow and at Dumbarton the dike was laid too close on the channel . Cairns were erected to shew the position of these dikes when the tide was up , and beacon perches have been ...
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... carried out to deep water , lest the currents being affected , shoals should be produced . The old charts gave 12 feet depth at low - water , from Dumbarton downwards , before the improvements began , but by the year 1840 , the depth ...
... carried out to deep water , lest the currents being affected , shoals should be produced . The old charts gave 12 feet depth at low - water , from Dumbarton downwards , before the improvements began , but by the year 1840 , the depth ...
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... carried out to sea . There have been removed from the channel of the naviga- tion , since the commencement of these operations , about five millions cubic yards of earthy stuff , besides hundreds of tons of stones annually lifted from ...
... carried out to sea . There have been removed from the channel of the naviga- tion , since the commencement of these operations , about five millions cubic yards of earthy stuff , besides hundreds of tons of stones annually lifted from ...
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... carried to the height of the tide , that the top banks should slope well back , and remain clear of all obstructions , so that the waters may rise on them , to the breadth of the ancient margins , and so pass down the river . In the ...
... carried to the height of the tide , that the top banks should slope well back , and remain clear of all obstructions , so that the waters may rise on them , to the breadth of the ancient margins , and so pass down the river . In the ...
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